A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton

February 17, 2017 @ 9:29 am

By Laurell K. Hamilton

I'm Meredith Gentry, P.I., fixing circumstances in l. a., faraway from the peril and deception of my genuine home–because i'm additionally Princess Meredith, inheritor to the darkest throne faerie has to provide. The Unseelie court docket infuses me with its energy. yet at what cost does such magic come? How a lot of my human part will i need to hand over, and what sort of of the sinister part of faerie will i need to embody? to sit down on a throne that has governed via bloodshed and violence for hundreds of years, i'd need to turn into that which I dread the main. Enemies watch my each stream. My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now from his criminal mobilephone. yet now not all of the assassination makes an attempt are his. a few Unseelie nobles have waited centuries for my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, to develop into susceptible adequate that she should be toppled from her throne. Enemies unexpected flow opposed to us–enemies who might homicide the least between us. The danger will force us to permit human police into faerie for the 1st time in our heritage. i want my allies now greater than ever, in particular for the reason that destiny will lead me into the arm of Mistral, grasp of Storms, the queen’s new captain of her shield. Our ardour will reawaken powers lengthy forgotten one of the warriors of the sidhe. soreness and delight look forward to me–and hazard, in addition, for a few at that courtroom search merely demise. i'll locate new joys with the butterfly-winged demi-fey. My guards and that i will express all of faerie that violence and intercourse are as well known one of the sidhe as they're one of the lesser fey of our court docket. The Darkness will weep, and Frost will convenience him. The gentlest of my guards will locate new power and holiday my center. Passions undreamed of look forward to us–and my enemies assemble, for the way forward for either courts of faerie starts to solve. From the Hardcover variation.

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